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I have to use Office Communicator at work - but unfortunately this is a huge distraction as every single message (and I have to be in a group chat) causes the taskbar to pop up and the icon to demand attention on the taskbar. This is even though I have gone to Properties and Customize and...

Custom OS themes provide a great way to test drive a UI without emptying your bank account on new hardware. And now, with a little hacking knowledge and a whole lot of time, you could be running Microsoft’s Metro UI on your Android tablet — this even before Metro lands on an official Windows...

Hello, I have a windows 7 that I'm connecting to with Remote Desktop. Desktop is nice and Aero is working fine ! When activating multimon feature in RD, Aero is not working ! Is there any way or hack to force aero to work anyhow ? Thanks.

With Windows 8's cross-computer password syncing, Microsoft is looking to bypass what hacker Kevin Mitnick has called the weakest link of computer security: the user. After signing in using a Live ID — a new feature on Windows 8 — you'll be able to store any passwords you create, then sync them...

On this site I found a hack to turn off the Metro UI and once that is done what is left is Windows 7. Is that all Windows 8 is? With the Tiles running as a application? Also, once the Metro UI is turned off where do you find all of the same apps that appear on it?

They said it couldn't be done. Actually, I said it--but I was wrong. Here's a simple hack that lets you pin folders to your heart's content. Link Removed

If you've seen Die Hard 4.0 , I'm sure you will be aware that it has some pretty cool looking OS type visuals used by the bad guys (and bad girl.) Right , when hacker "matt ferrell" is chatting to his buddy "warlock" at the start of the film you see him on a Mac. Im not sure what OS he Is...

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A gang of hackers known as SwagSec announced at the tail end of last week that they had hacked into Lady Gaga's UK website and made off with a database of names and email addresses of fans. To prove their point, they published the stolen data online. The press reported that a source close to...

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If your wondering why, its inconvenient to image drives across multiple computers because the only thing different about them is windows key, and if your restoring drives constantly it can be a real pain. So whats microsofts stance on this, if i have a valid licenses x computers can i just use a...

A former college student has admitted taking part in a criminal scheme that used malware to steal and sell large databases of faculty and alumni, change grades, and siphon funds from other students' accounts. He used thumbdrives with malware he created to compromise the machines. At first, I...

Walter Powell, 52, the fire IT manager apparently used all that knowledge he had of the company's system, hacked into it, and replaced a CEO's Powerpoint presentation to the board with porn. After being fired, he accessed the site from home and placed keyloggers on the system. How he thought...

In yet another round of cyber attacks, hackers have stolen more than 177,000 emails from Sony Pictures France, ZDnet reports. The hackers say they wanted to demonstrate the sites insecurity to get them to fix their vulnerabilities. Read Full Story: Hackers Claim 177K Email Addresses from...

While British coppers and the FBI were celebrating the bloke they thought was the mastermind of LulzSec and were preparing to chuck the book at him, it appears that he might have been grassed up by the hacker group Anonymous This is a great article relating to the 19-year old hacker that was...